Could this keep a AMD FX-8350 cool, with a ASUS M5A97 Motherboard?
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I would say a sound no, as this cooler is rated for a 70 watt TDP, and the FX-8350 is rated as a 125w processor. I got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo for my 8350, and it works great. I recommend buying a cooler that's rated for a 125w TDP processor from any vendor, including Arctic, Cooler Master, Zalman, Noctua, etc.
10200
not overclocked, but I guess it works, depending on your definition of cool.
95241
Easily. I'm currently running a Black Edition Z97 Gigabyte, 4790K, and NVidia GTX&50 Ti and the cooling fan doesn't even come on most times. You'll have power to spare (what you've listed is under 500 w).
1547641
I really don't think so. AMD FX processors don't have the socket configuration for this motherboard. It has been built to receive AMD A series, but you can check if FX-8320 have socket FM2.
1093722
The fx-8350 is an AM3+ socket and should work. However, my experience with this board is that I bought three of them, 2 I could not get the USB ports to work and the third would not operate at all. I then tried an ASUS board and had no issues at all.
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I bought one of this to use on a dual core CPU. It does it's job as expected, throws out lots of air and it very good at reducing several degrees from the CPU. However, if you are planning to purchase a cooler for an Eight Core AMD FX, this is not your fan. For a CPU like yours I recommend you to get a watercooler. I have the same cpu as you and got a coolermaster Seidon for about $60. AMD cpus overheat a lot, so I would stay away from air cooling if I were you
2104182
that's exactly what I did on mine, mostly because i replaced everything in the case with these and wanted consistency. If the stock fans aren't loud then it might not be worth it. Doubt you'd see much of a difference in cooling performance.
1685247
Yes, it comes with an AMD fan/heat sink that works very well. If you plan to overclock, then you should probably look for an after-market set up.
1984878
Yes .... make sure you install it correctly. But it really depends what you are doing with your computer .... If you are overclocking, it may not provide enough cooling. Normal everyday use, it works fine. Best way to ascertain this is to install temperature monitoring software on you computer. This will tell you if the Intel cooler is doing it's job. And, if your cooler/heatsink doesn't have conductive silver paste on it, be sure you coat either the CPU or the heatsink contact pad.
340264
It may get in the upper 60-70C range, this is by no means a performance cooler, the FX-9XXX series chips were made for liquid cooling, a better option would be a high performance nactua air cooler, or a 120/140mm all in one cooler, AMD ships the 9XXX cards from the factory with water coolers because of the 220w TDP, meaning you have to get a cooler that can dissipate 200+ watts of power and heat. The best bet if you need to fix an immediate problem is to get a super cheap air cooler and underclock then processor to 3.5-4.0ghz, then save up for a liquid cooling setup so you can run the chip how it was meant to run. Sorry for the long question, I just didn't want to see someone burn a chip over an incorrect comment.
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Hey Joseph, if you purchase the proper cooling block to go with your AMD FX-9590,which is the same processor I just purchased, yes it shouldn't be a problem at all.
627214
If your cooler supports 120mm fans and has a fan bracket, you can use this. It has comparable airflow to a Cooler Master Blade Master or Arctic F12 fan of the same size (about 2 CFM difference) so it should work fine as a CPU heatsink fan.
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It would depend on how big the cooler is and if it goes all the way to the bottom of the card. If you are using dual discrete graphics cards, then you probably don't want to be using FM2+. Might want to look at the AM3+ CPU's?
351607
I don't see any reason why it shouldn't. During my install, I had the PC on its side for awhile and I ran into no cooling issues.
961966
I am using it for gaming with an I7 4790 running at stock speeds. I am just using air cooling with a cooler master 212. Even when running pretty demanding video games and second monitor it is still only hitting mid to high 30's. I think you could probably even play 3d games fine with stock heat sink if you don't mind the noise.
1398464
It does very well. The increased air flow over the cpu is significant. It should work well unless you are going to really, really overclock.
2157863
The system comes with the stock AMD CPU, which is seems to keep these computers working at low temperatures under normal use. As for running the CPU at 100%, I would say that the fan inside would probably be sufficient, so long as the ambient temperature is kept at a reasonable level (I'm talking server room temperatures: 65-70 degrees.) Even at 100%, the fan at maximum speed should be sufficient enough for cooling the computer. The rest of the case has enough airflow to keep everything else moving well enough (hard drive, DVD burners, etc.)
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This is the same setup I have running on this board, 8350 with a 280. Under heavy load this cpu gets extremely hot so I would recommend a liquid cpu cooler and a case with excellent airflow. My rig has been running 24/7 without issue. The hottest I've seen my computer get was 134F with an ambient room temp of 87F.